List of current United States governors

The following is a list of current governors (or mayor) of U.S. states, territories, and the federal district. In the United States, a governor is the chief executive officer of a state or a territory. As of January 18, 2023, there are 26 states with Republican governors and 24 states with Democratic governors. Additionally, four U.S. territories have Democratic governors, while one has an independent governor. Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico is a member of the New Progressive Party, although he is also affiliated with the Democratic Party. Minnesota has a governor from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The federal District of Columbia is governed by a Democratic mayor.

Party affiliation of current United States governors:

Democratic (27)

Republican (26)

New Progressive (1)

Independent (1)

State governors

The current term ends and new term begins in January of the given year for every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of that year's election. The notation "(term limits)" after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year; the notation "(retiring)" indicates that the current governor has announced his or her intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office. Currently, the longest serving incumbent U.S. governor is Jay Inslee of Washington, having served since January 2013, and the most recently inaugurated governor is Wes Moore of Maryland, having served since January 18, 2023. In terms of age, Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest.

United States governors Republican (26) Democratic (24)
State	Image	Governor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term
Alabama (list)		Kay Ivey		Republican	(1944-10-15) October 15, 1944	Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer	April 10, 2017	2027 (term limits)
Alaska (list)		Mike Dunleavy		Republican	(1961-05-05) May 5, 1961	Alaska Senate Matanuska-Susitna Borough Board President	December 3, 2018	2026 (term limits)
Arizona (list)		Katie Hobbs		Democratic	(1969-12-28) December 28, 1969	Secretary of State Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate Arizona House	January 2, 2023	2027
Arkansas (list)		Sarah Huckabee Sanders		Republican	(1982-08-13) August 13, 1982	White House Press Secretary White House Deputy Press Secretary	January 10, 2023	2027
California (list)		Gavin Newsom		Democratic	(1967-10-10) October 10, 1967	Lieutenant Governor Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Colorado (list)		Jared Polis		Democratic	(1975-05-12) May 12, 1975	U.S. House Colorado State Board of Education	January 8, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Connecticut (list)		Ned Lamont		Democratic	(1954-01-03) January 3, 1954	Chair of the State Investment Advisory Council Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation Greenwich Board of Selectmen	January 9, 2019	2027
Delaware (list)		John Carney		Democratic	(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956	U.S. House Lieutenant Governor State Secretary of Finance Chief of Staff to Governor Tom Carper	January 17, 2017	2025 (term limits)
Florida (list)		Ron DeSantis		Republican	(1978-09-14) September 14, 1978	U.S. House Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy	January 8, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Georgia (list)		Brian Kemp		Republican	(1963-11-02) November 2, 1963	Secretary of State Georgia Senate	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Hawaii (list)		Josh Green		Democratic	(1970-02-11) February 11, 1970	Lieutenant Governor Hawaii Senate Hawaii House	December 5, 2022	2026
Idaho (list)		Brad Little		Republican	(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954	Lieutenant Governor Idaho Senate	January 7, 2019	2027
Illinois (list)		J. B. Pritzker		Democratic	(1965-01-19) January 19, 1965	Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign	January 14, 2019	2027
Indiana (list)		Eric Holcomb		Republican	(1968-05-02) May 2, 1968	Lieutenant Governor Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Dan Coats State Republican Party Chair Yeoman in the United States Navy	January 9, 2017	2025 (term limits)
Iowa (list)		Kim Reynolds		Republican	(1959-08-04) August 4, 1959	Lieutenant Governor Iowa Senate Clarke County Treasurer	May 24, 2017	2027
Kansas (list)		Laura Kelly		Democratic	(1950-01-24) January 24, 1950	Kansas Senate	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Kentucky (list)		Andy Beshear		Democratic	(1977-11-29) November 29, 1977	State Attorney General	December 10, 2019	2023
Louisiana (list)		John Bel Edwards		Democratic	(1966-09-16) September 16, 1966	Minority Leader of the Louisiana House Captain in the United States Army	January 11, 2016	2024 (term limits)
Maine (list)		Janet Mills		Democratic	(1947-12-30) December 30, 1947	State Attorney General Maine House Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties District Attorney	January 2, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Maryland (list)		Wes Moore		Democratic	(1978-10-15) October 15, 1978	Captain in the United States Army	January 18, 2023	2027
Massachusetts (list)		Maura Healey		Democratic	(1971-02-08) February 8, 1971	State Attorney General	January 5, 2023	2027
Michigan (list)		Gretchen Whitmer		Democratic	(1971-08-23) August 23, 1971	Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate Michigan House	January 1, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Minnesota (list)		Tim Walz		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	(1964-04-06) April 6, 1964	U.S. House Command Sergeant Major in the Army National Guard	January 7, 2019	2027
Mississippi (list)		Tate Reeves		Republican	(1974-06-05) June 5, 1974	Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer	January 14, 2020	2024
Missouri (list)		Mike Parson		Republican	(1955-09-17) September 17, 1955	Lieutenant Governor Missouri Senate Missouri House Polk County Sheriff Sergeant in the United States Army	June 1, 2018	2025 (term limits)
Montana (list)		Greg Gianforte		Republican	(1961-04-17) April 17, 1961	U.S. House	January 4, 2021	2025
Nebraska (list)		Jim Pillen		Republican	(1955-12-31) December 31, 1955	University of Nebraska Board of Regents	January 5, 2023	2027
Nevada (list)		Joe Lombardo		Republican	(1962-11-08) November 8, 1962	Clark County Sheriff U.S. Army Reserve U.S. Army National Guard	January 2, 2023	2027
New Hampshire (list)		Chris Sununu		Republican	(1974-11-05) November 5, 1974	New Hampshire Executive Council	January 5, 2017	2025 (retiring)[1]
New Jersey (list)		Phil Murphy		Democratic	(1957-08-16) August 16, 1957	U.S. Ambassador to Germany Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee	January 16, 2018	2026 (term limits)
New Mexico (list)		Michelle Lujan Grisham		Democratic	(1959-10-24) October 24, 1959	U.S. House Bernalillo County Commission State Secretary of Health	January 1, 2019	2027 (term limits)
New York (list)		Kathy Hochul		Democratic	(1958-08-27) August 27, 1958	Lieutenant Governor U.S. House Erie County Clerk	August 24, 2021	2026[note 1]
North Carolina (list)		Roy Cooper		Democratic	(1957-06-13) June 13, 1957	State Attorney General Majority Leader of the North Carolina Senate North Carolina House	January 1, 2017	2025 (term limits)
North Dakota (list)		Doug Burgum		Republican	(1956-08-01) August 1, 1956	No prior public experience	December 15, 2016	2024
Ohio (list)		Mike DeWine		Republican	(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947	State Attorney General U.S. Senate Lieutenant Governor U.S. House Ohio Senate Greene County Prosecutor	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Oklahoma (list)		Kevin Stitt		Republican	(1972-12-28) December 28, 1972	No prior public experience	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Oregon (list)		Tina Kotek		Democratic	(1966-09-30) September 30, 1966	Speaker of the Oregon House	January 9, 2023	2027
Pennsylvania (list)		Josh Shapiro		Democratic	(1973-06-20) June 20, 1973	State Attorney General Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Pennsylvania House	January 17, 2023	2027
Rhode Island (list)		Dan McKee		Democratic	(1951-06-16) June 16, 1951	Lieutenant Governor Mayor of Cumberland Cumberland Town Council	March 2, 2021	2027
South Carolina (list)		Henry McMaster		Republican	(1947-05-27) May 27, 1947	Lieutenant Governor State Attorney General State Republican Party Chair U.S. Attorney	January 24, 2017	2027 (term limits)
South Dakota (list)		Kristi Noem		Republican	(1971-11-30) November 30, 1971	U.S. House South Dakota House	January 5, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Tennessee (list)		Bill Lee		Republican	(1959-10-09) October 9, 1959	No prior public experience	January 19, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Texas (list)		Greg Abbott		Republican	(1957-11-13) November 13, 1957	State Attorney General Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	January 20, 2015	2027
Utah (list)		Spencer Cox		Republican	(1975-07-11) July 11, 1975	Lieutenant Governor Utah House Sanpete County Commission Mayor of Fairview	January 4, 2021	2025
Vermont (list)		Phil Scott		Republican	(1958-08-04) August 4, 1958	Lieutenant Governor Vermont Senate	January 5, 2017	2025
Virginia (list)		Glenn Youngkin		Republican	(1966-12-09) December 9, 1966	No prior public experience	January 15, 2022	2026 (term limits)
Washington (list)		Jay Inslee		Democratic	(1951-02-09) February 9, 1951	U.S. House Washington House	January 16, 2013	2025 (retiring)[2]
West Virginia (list)		Jim Justice		Republican [note 2]	(1951-04-27) April 27, 1951	No prior public experience	January 16, 2017	2025 (term limits)
Wisconsin (list)		Tony Evers		Democratic	(1951-11-05) November 5, 1951	State Superintendent of Public Instruction	January 7, 2019	2027
Wyoming (list)		Mark Gordon		Republican	(1957-03-14) March 14, 1957	State Treasurer	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)

Territory governors

The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.

Territory governors Democratic (4) Independent (1) New Progressive (1)
Territory	Image	Governor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term
American Samoa (list)		Lemanu Peleti Mauga		Democratic [note 3]	(1960-01-03) January 3, 1960	Lieutenant Governor, American Samoa Senate, Major in the United States Army	January 3, 2021	2025
Guam (list)		Lou Leon Guerrero		Democratic	(1950-11-08) November 8, 1950	Guam Legislature	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)
Northern Mariana Islands (list)		Arnold Palacios		Independent	(1955-08-22) August 22, 1955	Lieutenant Governor, President of the CNMI Senate, Speaker of the CNMI House	January 9, 2023	2027
Puerto Rico (list)		Pedro Pierluisi		New Progressive	(1959-04-25) April 25, 1959	U.S. House, Territorial Secretary of Justice	January 2, 2021	2025
U.S. Virgin Islands (list)		Albert Bryan		Democratic	(1968-02-21) February 21, 1968	Virgin Islands Department of Labor	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)

Federal district mayor

Federal district mayor Democratic (1)
Federal district	Image	Mayor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term
District of Columbia (list)		Muriel Bowser		Democratic	(1972-08-02) August 2, 1972	D.C. Council, Advisory Neighborhood Commission	January 2, 2015	2027

Notes

NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his first term. He was reelected as a Republican in 2020.[3]
Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with the local chapters of the national political parties.

References

"Gov. Chris Sununu decides against run for reelection". WMUR9. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
Brunner, Jim; Gutman, David; Cornwell, Piage (May 1, 2023). "WA Gov. Jay Inslee won't seek reelection for fourth term". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
"West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

External links

National Governors Association

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[2] NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.

[5] Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his first term. He was reelected as a Republican in 2020.[3]

[6] Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with the local chapters of the national political parties.

[1] "Gov. Chris Sununu decides against run for reelection". WMUR9. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[3] Brunner, Jim; Gutman, David; Cornwell, Piage (May 1, 2023). "WA Gov. Jay Inslee won't seek reelection for fourth term". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 1, 2023.

[4] "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

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